A 22-year-old football referee, Diana Di Meo has revealed via her Instagram that she is a victim of revenge porn.
The Italian football official from the coastal city Pescara, announced that private explicit photos and videos were stolen from her and posted on WhatsApp and Telegram.
This has been reported to authorities and the culprits are facing up to six years in jail for sharing the content without her consent.
Posting a three minute long video to her near 100,000 followers on Instagram, Diana Di Meo thanked fans for flooding her with messages of support.
The football official who is also a law student, said:
“These are private videos that have been stolen from me.
“Someone must have managed to get into my mobile phone. Otherwise, I have no idea how they were taken.
“I have filed a complaint and the authorities will take care of everything. I thank all the boys and girls who are writing to me from all over Italy.
“It is a situation that I do not wish on anyone, I am trying to resist but not everyone succeeds. We must report these videos and the people who continue to share these things.”
Di Meo also courageously told her followers that she hopes others will follow her example, in the aim that victims of the same crime will find the ‘voice’ to speak out.
She added;
“I’m here to talk about it, many of us can’t do it and hide.
“I hope to give a voice to all those victims who are blamed, when in reality the culprit is on the other side of the screen.
“Today the victim is me, tomorrow it could be a person close to those who maybe now are watching the videos and smiling.”
